Pietra Rivoli

Pietra Rivoli teaches finance and international business in the undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs. Professor Rivoli has special interests in social justice issues in international business and in China, and she regularly leads MBA residencies to China. Her academic research has been published in numerous leading journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Journal of Money Credit and Banking. In 2006, Professor Rivoli was awarded a Faculty Pioneer Award by the Aspen Institute. This award recognizes Business School faculty who have been leaders in the integration of social and environmental issues into MBA curricula. Professor Rivoli’s book, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy (2005, 2009, 2014), has been widely acclaimed by both the popular press and the academic community as a pathbreaking study of globalization. Professor Rivoli’s book has received numerous awards. These honors include being named one of the best business books of the year by the Financial Times, Booz Allen Hamilton, Foreign Affairs, the Library Journal ,and by Amazon.com. In addition, the book was also named as a finalist for the Inaugural Financial-Times-Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Award. Finally, Travels of a T-Shirt was recently designated by the American Association of Publishers as the best scholarly book of 2005 in the category of Finance and Economics and has been translated into 14 languages.

Education

• University of Florida - Ph.D.
• University of Florida - B.S.

Publications

Books (15) Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishers, 2009.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Athens: Klidarithmos Press (Greek Translation), 2008.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Zagreb, Croatia: VBZ Publishers (Croatian Translation), 2008.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Warsaw: Polish Scientific (Polish Translation), 2007.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Tokyo: Keizai Toyo (Japanese Translation), 2007.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. IIO University Press (Indonesian Translation), 2007.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Paris: Fayard Press (French Translation), 2007.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. Russia: Balance Business Books (Russian Translation), 2006.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. Portugal: Editorial Presença (Portuguese Translation), 2006.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. China: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press (Simplified Mandarin Translation), 2006.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. Italy: Apogeo (Italian Translation), 2006.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade.. Germany: Econ(German Translation), 2006.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishers, 2005.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. Korea: Dasan Books (Korean Translation), 2005.

Pietra Rivoli. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power and Politics of World Trade.. The Netherlands: Business Contact (Dutch Translation), 2005.

Articles in Journals (6) Pietra Rivoli with Sandra Waddock. "The Grand Misapprehension: A Response to Aneel Karnani’s ‘Doing Well By Doing Good: the Grand Illusion.." California Management Review, 53, 2 (2011): 112-116.

Pietra Rivoli with Sandra Waddock. "‘First they Ignore You…’ The Time-Context Dynamic and Corporate Social Responsibility." California Management Review, 53, 2 (2011): 87-104.

Pietra Rivoli. "Markets, CSR, and the T-shirt of Tomorrow." CSR International (2009): 10-11.

Riovoli, Pietra. "Tangled Threads of Protectionism." YaleGlobal (2005)

Rivoli, Pietra. "Labor Standards in the Global Economy: Issues for investors." Journal of Business Ethics, 43 (2003): 223-232.

Rivoli, Pietra. "Making a Difference or Making a Statement? Finance research and socially responsible investment." Business Ethics Quarterly, 13 (2003): 271-288.

Articles in Books (2) Pietra Rivoli. "Cotton Worldwide-Preface." Cotton Worldwide, Zurich: Lars Müller Publishers, 2010.

Rivoli, Pietra. "Textiles." Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History, London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.